Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 1595-R (2003ca.)

SS. Philip & James Roman Catholic Church
2801 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD

Images

2011-02-19 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2011-02-19 - Sanctuary interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2011-02-19 - Organ case (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2011-02-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2015-10-24 - Console (Photograph by Sean O'Connor/Database Manager)

2003-11-11 - Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

2023 - Facade (Len Levasseur/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
27 stops
31 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-05-02 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1938 as 3/24 Casavant Op. 1595. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Baltimore, Maryland
        SS. Philip and James R. C. Church

        Casavant   Op. 1595   1938/2003   3/33

        Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
        St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
        _______________________________________________________________

        GREAT
     8' Open Diapason    68  
     8' Hohlflöte        68  1-7 stoppers releathered
     8' Gemshorn         68  pipes 49-68 repaired/replaced as needed
     4' Principal        68  pipes 45-68 repaired/replaced as needed
     2' Fifteenth        61  pipes 30-61 repaired/replaced as needed
 II-IV  Mixture         208  new pipes, united chest, toeboard,
                             reservoir and winker
     8' Trumpet          68  revoiced with new tongues
        Sub
        Super
        Chimes               new 21-note electric action/existing tubes

        SWELL
    16' Bourdon          68  1-24 stoppers releathered, 25-61 internal
                             wooden stopped adjusted as needed on site
     8' Open Diapason    68
     8' Stopped Diapason 68  stoppers releathered
     8' Viola da Gamba   68
     8' Voix Celeste     61  GG
     4' Octave           68  new pipes and toeboard on Violina 4' action
     4' Flauto Traverso  68
III-IV  Plein Jeu       232  new pipes/toeboard on Grave Mixture II action
     8' Cornopean        68  revoiced with new tongues
     8' Oboe             68  revoiced with new tongues
     8' Vox Humana       68  revoiced with new tongues
        Tremulant
        Sub
        Super

        CHOIR
     8' Geigen Principal 68  
     8' Melodia          68  1-7 stoppers releathered
     8' Dulciana         68
     4' Lieblichflöte    68  stoppers releathered
     2' Piccolo          61  pipe no. 3 replaced
     8' Clarinet         68  revoiced with new tongues; bass pipes
                             repaired as needed
        Tremulant
        Sub
        Super

        PEDAL
    32' Bourdon          --  new; resultant
    16' Open Diapason    32
    16' Bourdon          32  stoppers releathered
    16' Gedeckt          SW
     8' Octave           12
     8' Stopped Flute    SW
    32' Contra Trombone  dg  prepared-for
    16' Trombone         32  revoiced with new tongues; boot for
                             pipe no. 1 repaired

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 03, 2010.]

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